I ran into this when updating the IBM i Reference Pages Blog a few months ago ...
Maybe have a look at this from Richard Schoen ...
https://github.com/richardschoen/workwithibmipdm
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Today's Topics:
1. For those who miss SDA (Patrik Schindler)
2. Re: For those who miss SDA (Jerry Draper)
3. Re: For those who miss SDA (Jason Olson)
4. Re: For those who miss SDA (eric bothes)
5. Re: For those who miss SDA (Patrik Schindler)
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message: 1
date: Thu, 14 May 2026 19:14:11 +0200
from: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: For those who miss SDA
Hello,
just stumbled over this:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbencz%2FDSPF-RAD&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7Ce8b9a4d5cdec4e6c4a7308deb2a37f58%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C639144612502004285%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qPjjD7BMiemMWiE9btfCZIYJzwj6GQlkuHWTyjBR7Zc%3D&reserved=0<
https://github.com/bencz/DSPF-RAD>
I have not tried it! Direct complaints directly to Alex Bencz. ;-)
:wq! PoC
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message: 2
date: Thu, 14 May 2026 10:32:53 -0700
from: Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: For those who miss SDA
My friend Joe Frank <
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjosephgfrank.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7Ce8b9a4d5cdec4e6c4a7308deb2a37f58%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C639144612502021187%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=W8VTgPLEfnXMBVzE0r67e1xDDfj5Nw%2FnpKgWnSQiCN8%3D&reserved=0<
https://josephgfrank.org/>>(arguably the Father of
5250 emulation), architect of SSP back in the day, way back, told me
that they needed a screen design system.
He said that one of his engineering team members put SDA together over a
weekend.
Jerry
On 5/14/2026 10:14 AM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
Hello,
just stumbled over this:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbencz%2FDSPF-RAD&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7Ce8b9a4d5cdec4e6c4a7308deb2a37f58%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C639144612502034705%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PBMUIBaR8VJPIbYY1j0j6jocR2EmzF3yjzChAXdcMeM%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/bencz/DSPF-RAD>
I have not tried it! Direct complaints directly to Alex Bencz. ;-)
:wq! PoC
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message: 3
date: Thu, 14 May 2026 12:37:46 -0500
from: Jason Olson <josys36@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: For those who miss SDA
That makes sense.
J
On 5/14/26 12:32 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:
My friend Joe Frank <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjosephgfrank.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7Ce8b9a4d5cdec4e6c4a7308deb2a37f58%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C639144612502059740%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Tg%2FYj4GbJd8CIMY4o529wG2KpVmFawkUxeGtDvv61cE%3D&reserved=0<https://josephgfrank.org/>>(arguably the Father of
5250 emulation), architect of SSP back in the day, way back, told me
that they needed a screen design system.
He said that one of his engineering team members put SDA together over
a weekend.
Jerry
On 5/14/2026 10:14 AM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
Hello,
just stumbled over this:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbencz%2FDSPF-RAD&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7Ce8b9a4d5cdec4e6c4a7308deb2a37f58%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C639144612502072495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jg35wjTVVTOye3HsfeJBkVKpgIVKQNSz%2FhmcQTPRilc%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/bencz/DSPF-RAD>
I have not tried it! Direct complaints directly to Alex Bencz. ;-)
:wq! PoC
--
Jason E. Olson
IBM i / Python Engineer/Developer
josys36@xxxxxxxxx
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message: 4
date: Thu, 14 May 2026 13:54:57 -0400
from: eric bothes <iseriesstuff@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: For those who miss SDA
i dont see install instructions. would like to try it.
On 5/14/2026 1:14 PM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
Hello,
just stumbled over this:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fbencz%2FDSPF-RAD&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7Ce8b9a4d5cdec4e6c4a7308deb2a37f58%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C639144612502084961%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sxNVoRPN9tGYwXGd2gbfBAkA5%2FV1sQUR8YBC%2B2LTpH8%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/bencz/DSPF-RAD>
I have not tried it! Direct complaints directly to Alex Bencz. ;-)
:wq! PoC
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message: 5
date: Thu, 14 May 2026 20:13:56 +0200
from: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: For those who miss SDA
Hello Eric,
Am 14.05.2026 um 19:54 schrieb eric bothes <iseriesstuff@xxxxxxxxx>:
i dont see install instructions. would like to try it.
I assume you need to clone the repository and simply run the python command as stated in the README. I assume this will run in WSL.
Or try it online. See the link below "about" on the right side of the GitHub page:
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdspf-rad.bencz.cc%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7Ce8b9a4d5cdec4e6c4a7308deb2a37f58%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C639144612502097292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VmKFbw4iks6H8iIN7j%2FF1gfYVhQv5UgzAzKnUuKeVcY%3D&reserved=0<
https://dspf-rad.bencz.cc/>
:wq! PoC
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